August 19, 2024
Africa: World Humanitarian Day 2024 - With Number of Aid Workers Killed Reaching Record High, UN and Partners Demand Those in Power #actforhumanity, 19 August 2024
Aid workers on the frontlines of the world's conflicts are being killed in unprecedented numbers, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said… Read more »
Africa: World Humanitarian Day 2024 - Message From Bruno Lemarquis, Humanitarian Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Today, on 19 August, we commemorate World Humanitarian Day. Read more »
Africa: World Humanitarian Day - UN Demands Action As Aid Worker Deaths Hit Record High
Aid workers on the frontlines of the world's conflicts are being killed in unprecedented numbers, OCHA said today as it marked World Humanitarian Day. Read more »
Africa: World Humanitarian Day 2024 - As Attacks Against Aid Workers Continue in West and Central Africa, OCHA Warns Against the Cost of Inaction to Protect Civilians and Humanitarian Delivery
Dakar, 19 August 2024: The cost of failing to protect civilians, including humanitarian aid workers, is in the spotlight this year's World Humanitarian Day, as the latest figures… Read more »
Somalia: World Humanitarian Day 2024 - Humanitarian Coordinator Calls On Parties in Somalia to Respect Civilians and Aid Workers [en/So]
On the occasion of the 2024 World Humanitarian Day, the humanitarian community in Somalia, led by the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, United Nations… Read more »
August 14, 2024
South Sudan: It's 'Time to Act' to Address South Sudan's Humanitarian Crisis, OCHA Tells Security Council
Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in South Sudan by Edem Wosornu, Director, Operations and Advocacy for OCHA, on behalf of Joyce Msuya, Acting… Read more »
August 13, 2024
Central Africa: UN Alarms Over Impact of Flooding Across West and Central Africa
Investments in preparedness, prevention and response measures needed to mitigate impact on people's livelihoods and well-being Read more »
August 12, 2024
Ethiopia: Ethiopia Aid Workers Adopt New Code of Conduct
Addis Ababa, 12 August 2024 - The Humanitarian Country Team in Ethiopia - that includes representatives of United Nations agencies, international and national NGOs, and donors - is… Read more »
August 06, 2024
Sudan: OCHA Appeals to Security Council for Urgent Action to Fight Famine
Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria by Edem Wosornu, Director, Operations and Advocacy for OCHA, on behalf of Joyce Msuya, acting… Read more »
July 29, 2024
Sudan: UN Official Warns More People Will Die Unless Aid Scaled Up in Darfur
Press briefing on the humanitarian situation in Sudan by Toby Harward, Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator Read more »
July 08, 2024
Chad: CERF Grants $15 Million to Chad for Underfunded Emergencies
The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has granted Chad a US$15 million allocation to support its response to under-funded emergencies within the 2023 Humanitarian Response… Read more »
June 30, 2024
Nigeria: United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria Statement On Attacks in Gwoza, Borno
The United Nations strongly condemns the suicide bomb attacks on civilian populations in the Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State yesterday. The exact number of people killed… Read more »
June 24, 2024
Africa: Two-Year Anniversary of the UN Secretary-General's Action Agenda On Internal Displacement
Joint Statement by Principals of the UN Steering Group on Solutions to Internal Displacement: IOM, OCHA, UNDP, UNDPO, UNDPPA, UNICEF and UNHCR Read more »
Sudan: 'Killed on the Job, Prescribing and Administering Medicine'
Another day of violence in Sudan brings another human tragedy in Darfur's Al Fasher. Read more »
June 18, 2024
Sudan: OCHA Urges Security Council to Act On Sudan Humanitarian Crisis
Briefing to the Security Council on the Humanitarian Situation in Sudan by Edem Wosornu, Director, Operations and Advocacy for OCHA, on behalf of Martin Griffiths,… Read more »
June 12, 2024
Africa: G7 Leaders Can and Must Prevent Manmade Famine
Statement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Read more »
June 11, 2024
South Sudan: South Sudan Humanitarian Fund Allocates U.S.$20 Million to Support 290,000 Vulnerable People Across Four States in South Sudan
(Juba, 11 June 2024) The Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan, Ms. Anita Kiki Gbeho today released US$20 million from the South Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SSHF) to provide… Read more »
June 06, 2024
West Africa: Almost 33 Million People in the Sahel Need Lifesaving Humanitarian Assistance and Protection Services
The lives of 32.8 million people across the Sahel are affected by a complex and interlinked web of crises, which are exacerbated by instability, a deteriorating security situation,… Read more »
May 27, 2024
Somalia: U.S.$2 Million Allocated for Urgent Response to Cholera Outbreak in Somalia
Mogadishu, 27 May 2024 - The Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths has allocated US$2 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for an urgent response to the… Read more »
May 22, 2024
Africa: Today's Top News - Occupied Palestinian Territory, Haiti, Burundi
Occupied Palestinian Territory Read more »
May 20, 2024
Southern Africa: Southern Africa Is On the Grip of a Severe Drought
The United Nations (UN) and its humanitarian partners today urged for solidarity with drought-affected people in Southern Africa and called on the international community to help… Read more »
May 14, 2024
Nigeria: Nigeria and UN Seek U.S.$306 Million for Urgent Food and Nutrition Crisis Response
With a deteriorating food security and nutrition crisis in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY) states this lean season*(May to September), the Government of Nigeria, national and… Read more »
May 11, 2024
Sudan: Sudan's Humanitarian Coordinator Calls for Immediate Ceasefire in Al Fasher to Safeguard Civilians
Statement by the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, on the attack in Al Fasher. Read more »
Sudan: Statement By the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, On the Attack in Al Fasher
I am gravely concerned by the eruption of clashes in Al Fasher despite repeated calls to parties to the conflict to refrain from attacking the city. Read more »
April 30, 2024
Congo-Kinshasa: Statement By Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee On the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Crushing Levels of Violence, Displacement Fuel Unprecedented Civilian Suffering
Escalating conflict is driving record levels of gender-based violence, displacement and hunger in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), threatening to… Read more »
